Exploring Language Aptitude: Views from Psychology, the Language Sciences, and Cognitive Neuroscience / edited by Susanne M. Reiterer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reiterer, Susanne M., Editor.

Series:

English Language Education, 2213-6975 ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Psycholinguistics.

Education and state.

Language Education.

Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics.

Educational Policy and Politics.

Local Subjects:

Language Education.

Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics.

Educational Policy and Politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages).

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

Summary:

This book presents original, empirical data from quantitative and qualitative research studies in the field of language learning aptitude, ability, and individual differences. It does so from the perspectives of Second Language Acquisition, psychology, neuroscience and sociolinguistics. All studies included in the book use a similar and uniform layout and methodology. Each chapter contains a study examining factors such as memory, personality, self-concept, bilingualism and multilingualism, education, musicality or gender. The chapters investigate the influence of these concepts on language learning aptitude and ability. Several of these chapters analyse hypotheses which have never been tested before and therefore provide novel research results. The book contributes to the field both by verifying and contesting existent findings and by exploring novel approaches to devising research in the subject area. .

Contents:

Foreword; Susanne M. Reiterer

Introduction: Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of Language Aptitude; Victoria Ameringer, Daniel Leisser, Luke Green, Sabrina Turker

Part I: Language Aptitude and Memory

Cognitive Abilities: Different Memory Functions and Language Aptitude; Victoria Ameringer

Aptitude for Vocabulary Acquisition; Hannah Hackl

Working memory and language aptitude with focus on L2 vocabulary learning; Hyun Jung Kim

Part II: Language Aptitude and Psychological Factors

On the Role of Self-Efficacy as a Possible Component of Language Aptitude in the Acquisition of British /æ/; Daniel Leisser

Motivation and Personality in Language Aptitude; Nejra Rizvanović

Part III: Language Aptitude in Relation to Neuroscience and Musicality

The Neuroanatomical Correlates of Foreign Language Aptitude; Sabrina Turker, Susanne Reiterer, Peter Schneider, Annemarie Seither-Preisler

Let the Music Speak: Examining the Relationship between Music and Language Aptitudein Pre-School Children; Markus Christiner

Language Aptitude in Relation to Handedness, Hemispheric Dominance, Cognitive Learning Strategies and Non-Verbal IQ: a Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Study; Klara Kager

The impact of speaking a tone language on music aptitude; Niloufar Saraei

Making Music and Learning Languages - Musicality and Grammar; Daniel Malzer

Language Aptitude and Gender; Cornelia Habl

Part IV: Language Aptitude and Socio-Environmental Influences

Vocabulary Acquisition Strategies & Language Aptitude; Jakob Poschner

Comparing the Language Aptitudes and Language Attitudes of Mono- and Bilingual Burgenland Croats; Katharina Anna Maria Krumpeck

The Correlation of Early Multilingualism and Language Aptitude; Sofia Hörder

The Role of Language Aptitude in Second Language Attrition; Astrid Elisabeth Lehner

So what’s the deal now!? Am I talented or not? Stefanie Rüdegger

Part V Language Aptitude for Pronunciation

Factors Affecting the PronunciationAbilities of Adult Learners of English: A Longitudinal Group Study; Karin Richter

Language Transfer vs. Language Talent? Individual differences and aptitude in L2 phonology of Persian-speaking learners of English; Zhaleh Ghafoorian Maddah, Susanne M. Reiterer.

ISBN:

9783319919171

3319919172